Public Speaking Northwest
Officers Meeting Minutes
March 11, 2025
Attendees: Deanna S, Katie M, Nancy C,
Lynne D, Kelly F, Theresa H.
I. Opening
· Welcome
· Approved
February 2025 Meeting Minutes (unanimous)
II. Officer Reports See page 3
III. Ongoing/Old Business
·
Conference Basket and Gift Card. Katie will collect items for
PSNW’s gift basket for the D2 conference.
We are encouraging members to contribute something personal, such as
a book they have written. Deanna will
purchase a $50 Amazon gift card to include in the basket. Kelly will collect items at the April
in-person meeting.
·
Visit to Dustin’s bar, The Hop and Hound. Spring
may be a good time to go to Dustin’s bar.
Since they don’t serve food, we can bring our own. To be discussed further.
·
Officer candidates for June election. Nancy,
Theresa, Kelly, Deanna, and Katie will continue in their current positions.
IV. New Business
· Q&A
time with guests after online meetings. When we have guests, we will set aside some
time (5-10 minutes) after the meeting to answer questions they may have. It was suggested an officer (board member)
volunteer to stay 5-10 minutes after so there is someone there to answer
questions, if needed.
· Online
guest book. We currently do not have one and have decided
it is not something we need to grow our membership.
V. Announcements
Bill is in Australia for several weeks. Nancy and Lynne will share secretary duties
in his absence.
VI.
Adjourn: Motion to
adjourn, Nancy. Seconded by Theresa.
Officer
Reports
March
11, 2025
VP Education/ Webmaster: Nancy
VPE: We
have 7 points on our DPR, bringing us to Select Distinguished. Two more
brings us to the top of the heap. We need 2 of the following: 2 more
level 1s, 1 more level 2, 4 new members.
Web Master: All is
good.
VP Membership: Theresa
It has been a busy month for inquiries, visitors, and
membership information.
New Members: Chiraq
Patni joined!
TI Inquiries: We've
had two TI inquiries, which I have responded to.
New Member interest: Both Ram Krishna and Ram Goverdhana
have expressed interest, and I sent further information, but they have not
joined yet.
Meeting Visitors
Feb 11: Ram Krishna, Chiraq Patni
Feb 18: Ram Goverdhana
Feb 25: Ram, Clara
March 4: Dina, Adriana
I apologize for missing two meetings in a row. I especially
hated missing our in-person meeting and will avoid that in the future.
VP Public Relations: Kelly
·
Conference Basket. I know
we approved a contribution of $50 for the club basket to promote our club at
the conference. Katie, did I ask you if you could put it together? My
apologies if I did not, I am catching up after my vacation and I have so many
emails.
- If
Yes, I propose Katie contacts members via email and asks them if they
have anything personal, they would like to contribute to the basket like
your book, Katie or Mara’s books to show the personality and drive of our
club members along with the gift card. I will make a printed card
inviting the winner to join us for a meeting.
- Is
it possible to have the $50 gift card from the club ready by the April 1st meeting?
I thought people could bring their contribution and Katie could put the
basket together. If not, I am happy to do it. Christy, the conference
chair, would like us to get the basket to her as early as possible.
- Photoshoot.
I took a group photo at the last meeting but did not
have time to do the photoshoot at the last in person meeting. We had three
speakers, and the meeting ran over. I will take more photos at the April
in person meeting.
- I
agree, no open house is needed at this time.
- Website:
I added a line of clarification for guests to use our
‘Contact Form’ to RSVP and get the Zoom meeting link. I also added the
conference video and removed the contest ad…thank you Nancy for the
reminder.
- Social
Media.
- Facebook
407 Followers – 377 Likes
- YouTube
38 Subscribes – 333 Videos
Treasurer: Deanna
1. Super 7 award -
$70
received on 2/21/25.
2. Notification of
membership renewal for the period 4/1/25-9/30/25 was sent to all
current members on 3/2/25. As voted on last meeting, TI renewal dues will now
be paid by each member directly to TI on the website and PSNW dues will be paid
by Zelle directly to PSNW. Check payments are still being accepted (for one or
both payments)
3. As of
3/10, 5 members have completed both payments and one member has paid on the TI
website only. Check payments MAY have come in via mail – I will be picking up
mail on Thurs 3/13.
4. Direct payment to TI is
for renewing membership only. For new members joining, initial payment will
still go to Public Speaking Northwest. The preferred method is Zelle or check.
Pay pal account is still active but aiming to move away from using it as much
as possible. Fees are high for the small payments involved.
5. The PSNW bank account
balance
is $860.91 of 3/10/25.
Secretary/Scribe: Bill
Nothing to report
Sergeant at Arms: Katie
1. The
new tripod is in the PSNW Supplies box. Some assembly is required. Perhaps
someone can take a look at that at the next in-person meeting.
2. Elsewise,
all is well.
President: Lynne
1. I attended the D2 Leadership Breakfast on February 22nd. It was enjoyable and informative. One of the Keynote speakers talked about
membership growth. There were two
suggestions that we might find beneficial to pursue.
· Often
guests have questions after a meeting, that, if answered right away, may lead
to their joining the club sooner than later.
I propose that we take a few minutes after the on-line meeting to answer
guests’ questions. If officers could participate,
this would provide a wealth of information and insight.
· Do we
have an online guest book?? Do we want
one??
2. I spoke with Dustin about coming as a group to his bar,
The Hop and Hound. He said the best time
would be a weekday, such as Wednesday or Thursday. They serve beer and wine, but not food. Dogs
are welcome. I’d like to get your
thoughts on timing to go and support Dustin and his new business!!
3. Nancy and I will share the Secretary duties while Bill
is gone to Australia.
https://d2tm.org/event/